“In the West there has been a tendency to stress the political aspect of democracy rather than its economic aspect, and although at times this may be carried too far, the fault is on the right side, seeing that a people which surrenders its political rights in return for promises of economic security will soon discover that it has made a bad bargain, as it is helpless if the promises are not kept.”

RN Carew Hunt, The Theory and Practice of Communism, Penguin 1950.

Substitute security in general and it seems like this is a good description of what Bush and Howard would like to do with their draconian laws….